any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs

03noun

a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.

04noun

a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)

“there were cracks in the plaster”

7 more meanings

05noun

adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

06verb

apply a heavy coat to

07verb

cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on

“The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters”

“She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco”

08verb

affix conspicuously

“She plastered warnings all over the wall”

09verb

apply a plaster cast to

“plaster the broken arm”

10verb

coat with plaster

“daub the wall”

11verb

dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

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